Sur la falaise [Self-Portrait]
before 1888
![Sur la falaise [Self-Portrait] by Henri-Charles Guérard](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/sur-la-falaise-self-portrait-nga-222927.webp)
Medium
drypoint and roulette printed in brown on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 35.5 × 49 cm (14 × 19 5/16 in.) sheet: 47 × 63 cm (18 1/2 × 24 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased for the Virgina and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
2021.39.9
About the Artist
Henri-Charles Guérard · 1846–1897
Henri-Charles Guérard (1846–1897) was a French printmaker and painter who became one of the leading figures of the etching revival that swept through France and Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century. Born in Paris, he trained in the city's vibrant artistic milieu and developed close friendships with the Impressionist circle, most notably Édouard Manet and Eva Gonzalès, whom he marri...